When I visited here, I had a truly special experience: service at the red table. TV star Gino set us up the front of the place, in his wonderfully theatrical manner, making us feel like TV stars. Never before have I had 200 people sit and watchme eat pizza. I’m not afraid to be the center of attention, but even this was pushing it.

I want to go here – my most trusted pizza advisor, Daniel Young, speaks very highly of the place.

*Prior to Columbus travelling to the Americas, and the subsequent 16th century exploration of the Americas by Europeans, tomato was unknown to Europe. Thus, truly traditional pizza – that is, prior to the importation of tomato from the Aztecs and Americas – is more similar to what we call focaccia today. Bread, oil and salt…